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Operation Tale-spin
18 Friday Sep 2015
The Pea Hen Plague
17 Thursday Sep 2015
Posted in Behind the Frames
I was roused from my nap writing meditation time when the entire house shook. My first thought was that Codex had finally hit the support while pulling into the garage. This would not be considered A Good Thing, so I popped on my shoes and went to investigate. No car. No garage damage. Horrible, obnoxious honking sounds from around the corner.
A very large bird had, apparently, flown into the chimney, bounced off, and was now demanding the house move aside at once. I know chickens, I know geese, and I know turkeys, but this bird was none of these. Dang, I thought to myself, the next plague is upon us. Continue reading
Unleash the Torlings!
16 Wednesday Sep 2015
Would You Betray the Human Race for $1 Million?
15 Tuesday Sep 2015
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On 10 March 1972, America launched the Pioneer 10 spacecraft with a gold-anodized aluminum plaque, measuring 9″ x 6″. The plaque told any aliens finding the probe about our knowledge of Hydrogen, what we looked like, and, conveniently, on which planet they could hunt us. Continue reading
Playing the Odds
14 Monday Sep 2015
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Here’s a good game to play: Ask an old married couple: which would you rather hear: “You were right,” or “I was wrong.”?
Hint: Not Feathers
11 Friday Sep 2015
Emoji: Communication Perfected
10 Thursday Sep 2015
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Mankind (and if that word offends you this is going to be a rough piece), is on the cusp of a great societal breakthrough. Around 3500 BC we built a great tower, and challenged God for control of the heavens. God was not amused, and sentenced us to language diversity. You can read the original story in Genesis 11.
Mankind now has an answer. It took us long enough. Maybe God had a point. Continue reading
Doomed. Doomed, I Tell You
09 Wednesday Sep 2015
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Ponies: The Red Shirts of Middle Earth.
Unconstructed Stupidity
08 Tuesday Sep 2015
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I’ve always pictured societal stupidity as a two-dimensional graph. I’m almost certain that one of those sides is labeled “self-importance”. The other is a mystery. At present, we are far down an asymptote, where parody is regularly confused with news, and politicians are confused with problem-solvers.
I’m not naive; I realize there is no such thing as “peak stupidity”. Continue reading
Dewberry-Hugo Merger?
07 Monday Sep 2015
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The burger merger proposal (and epic reply) can be found here.
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Tempest in a Teardrop: The Churchians 